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1923 Map of Washtucna

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Washtucna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Washtucna and the surrounding high desert of Adams County are defined by a complex network of early 20th-century transportation and local education. Three major railroads—the Union Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, and Spokane Portland and Seattle—converge and cross this landscape, illustrating the region's importance as a rail corridor during the 1920s. The settlement of Ralston sits along the northern rail line near Lind Coulee, while the town of Lind anchors the western edge.

Rural life in this era is traced through a high density of country schools, including Hillcrest School, Schaffer School, Hoskins School, and Burkhart School, which served the scattered homesteads and farming families of the Rattlesnake hills. These specific locations provide essential geographic markers for genealogists and local historians researching the early development of this portion of the Palouse country.